“O melhor sítio da terra”: colégio e igreja dos jesuítas e a paisagem da Belém do GRÃO-PARÁ: um estudo de arqueologia da arquitetura

Abstract

This research investigates the insertion of the jesuit’s school and church in colonial Belém. It analizes, from the perspective of the archaeology of architecture, the way this edification became a powerful element in the landscape of the oldest part of the city. In addition, I establish an analytical relationship of this process with the foundation of the Feliz Lusitânia project, in the historical center of the capital of Pará. The research was based on both the colonial period documentation and the Feliz Lusitânia project. I analyzed the discourses in these sources, regarding the intentions of the agents in charge of conforming a landscape of power in the oldest part of Belém. I have also used maps and images to show belém’s spatial arrangement and the presence of the builidings investigated. Thereby, I observed the differentiated layers in the local landscape, having in mind the ideological manifestations expressed in the architecture.